The value of a quality improvement project in promoting interprofessional collaboration

Abstract

The teamwork that is required for interprofessional collaboration in healthcare is not an inherent attribute of the current system, and must be fostered. Education, training, and role modelling are important enablers. From our experience we posit that participating in a quality improvement project can be also be an excellent vehicle to promote interprofessional collaboration.

Keywords::

• Curricula
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
• interprofessional education
• non-clinical setting
• quality improvement

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge Jieun Bae, Maggie Chen, Stephen Chen, Chris Folkins, Muhammad Saeed, Mike Swift and Romy J. Thomas for their participation in the QI project and contribution to the analysis of the QI program for the purposes of this report.

Declaration of interest The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.